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Project X Origins: Dark Blue Book Band, Oxford Level 15: Top Secret: The Secret Diary of Danny Grower, Paperback - Joanna Nadin

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In The Secret Diary of Danny Grower Danny is excited to find the missing actor, Kurt Gold, hiding in his Nan's shed and is eager to help him. But i...

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Cupid and Psyche. An adaptation of the story in `The Golden Ass' of Apuleius, Paperback - M. G. Balme

174,00 RON

An adaptation of the story in "The Golden Ass" of Apuleius by M.G. Balme and J.H.W. Morwood.

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Why International Cooperation is Failing. How the Clash of Capitalisms Undermines the Regulation of Finance, Hardback - Thomas Kalinowski

668,99 RON

Ten years after the financial crisis of 2008 there is widespread scepticism about the ability to curb volatile financial markets and achieve intern...

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Beyond Belief, Beyond Conscience: The Radical Significance of the Free Exercise of Religion, Hardcover - Jack N. Rakove

123,99 RON 132,99 RON

Reducere. Today, Americans believe that the early colonists came to the New World in search of religious liberty. What we often forget is that they wanted re...

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The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America, Hardcover - Lara Freidenfelds

200,99 RON

When a couple plans for a child today, every moment seems precious and unique. Home pregnancy tests promise good news just days after conception, a...

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The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law, Paperback - Randy E. Barnett

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In this book, legal scholar Randy Barnett elaborates and defends the fundamental premise of the Declaration of Independence: that all persons have ...

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From the Ashes of History. Collective Trauma and the Making of International Politics, Paperback - ***

169,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Adam B. (Permanent Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Politics and International Relations, Permane...

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Manhattan Phoenix. The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York, Hardback - ***

229,99 RON

The Great Fire of 1835 nearly leveled Manhattan-consuming some 700 buildings-yet also created the ashes from which the city was reborn. Manhattan P...

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Temple of Science. The Pre-Raphaelites and Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Hardback - John Holmes

319,99 RON

Built between 1855 and 1860, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between Pre-Raphaelite ...

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Biography of Loneliness. The History of an Emotion, Paperback - Fay Bound Alberti

81,99 RON

Despite 21st-century fears of a modern 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been neglected. This is the first book on the history of lonelines...

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Triumph of the Moon. A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, Hardback - Ronald Hutton

152,99 RON

A fully updated new edition of Ronald Hutton's classic history of modern pagan witchcraft, published to mark the twentieth anniversary of this land...

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Biography of Loneliness. The History of an Emotion, Hardback - Fay Bound Alberti

159,99 RON

Despite 21st-century fears of an 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been neglected. This is the first book on the history of loneliness to b...

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Worlds of Arthur. Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages, Paperback - Guy Halsall

81,99 RON

The story of King Arthur - probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary of medieval kings.

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Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality, Paperback - Rahul Rao

258,99 RON 277,99 RON

Reducere. Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer ri...

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Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization, Paperback - John R. Searle

192,99 RON 206,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThere are few more important philosophers at work today than John Searle, a creative and contentious thinker who has shaped the way we t...

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The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics, Paperback - Julian B. Barbour

137,99 RON 147,99 RON

Reducere. Richard Feynman once quipped that "Time is what happens when nothing else does." But Julian Barbour disagrees: if nothing happened, if nothing chan...

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The Third Reich's Elite Schools. A History of the Napolas, Hardback - ***

872,99 RON

The Third Reich's Elite Schools tells the story of the Napolas, Nazi Germany's most prominent training academies for the future elite. This deeply ...

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Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA, Paperback - Richard English

266,99 RON 285,99 RON

Reducere. The IRA has been a much richer, more complexly layered, and more protean organization than is frequently recognized. It is also more open to balanc...

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The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine, Paperback - Robert Conquest

171,99 RON 184,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert ConquestThe Harvest of Sorrow is the first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th ce...

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The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books Thirty-One to Forty, Paperback - Livy

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"With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could formulate such an ambit...

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The Causes of the Civil War, Paperback - Joel M. Sipress

171,99 RON 184,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionEmbracing an argument-based model for teaching history, the Debating American History series encourages students to participate in a con...

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Limits of the Market. The Pendulum Between Government and Market, Paperback - Paul De Grauwe

164,99 RON

Paul De Grauwe examines why a healthy mix of market and state seems so difficult and analyses the internal and external limits of the market and th...

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The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations, Paperback - Jaime L. Kurtz

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Reducere. Travel is one of the most sought-after experiences in life. It has the singular ability to capture our imaginations, serving as a canvas onto which...

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Making the Social World. The Structure of Human Civilization, Paperback - John Searle

62,99 RON

The renowned philosopher John Searle investigates the nature of social reality. How do institutions such as money, marriage, and government arise f...

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The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

48,99 RON

DescriptionMusic has been examined from multiple perspectives: as a product of human history, for example, or a product of human culture. But there...

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Limits of the Market. The Pendulum Between Government and Market, Hardback - Paul de Grauwe

287,99 RON

Paul De Grauwe examines why a healthy mix of market and state seems so difficult and analyses the internal and external limits of the market and th...

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Anaconda: The Secret Life of the World's Largest Snake, Hardcover - Jesús a. Rivas

355,99 RON

Anaconda tells the unexpected story of the world's largest snake. Written by Jes�s Rivas, the undisputed expert on the biology of anacondas, this i...

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The Scythians. Nomad Warriors of the Steppe, Paperback - ***

103,99 RON

The Scythians were warlike nomadic horsemen who roamed the steppe of Asia in the first millennium BC. Using archaeological finds from burials and t...

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Le Chant Intime: The Interpretation of French Melodie, Paperback - Francois Le Roux

182,99 RON

In this translation of the groundbreaking Le Chant Intime, internationally renowned baritone François Le Roux, in conversation with journalist Roma...

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After Debussy: Music, Language, and the Margins of Philosophy, Hardcover - Julian Johnson

328,99 RON

Classical music shows a close relationship to language, and both musicology and philosophy have tended to approach music from that angle, exploring...

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Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit, Paperback - Matt Brennan

200,99 RON

The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social h...

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The Invention of Latin American Music: A Transnational History, Paperback - Pablo Palomino

280,99 RON 300,99 RON

Reducere. The ethnically and geographically heterogeneous countries that comprise Latin America have each produced music in unique styles and genres - but ho...

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The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Volume 1: Harm to Others, Paperback - ***

259,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Joel (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona, Tucson) FeinbergNum...

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Dominoes: Starter: Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Paperback - Jules Verne

96,99 RON

In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the...

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Poet of the Medieval Modern. Reading the Early Medieval Library with David Jones, Paperback - ***

170,99 RON

Studies the work of the Anglo-Welsh poet and artist David Jones (1895-1974) to explore how modern British poetry has engaged with the early medieva...

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Poet of the Medieval Modern. Reading the Early Medieval Library with David Jones, Hardback - ***

806,99 RON

Studies the work of the Anglo-Welsh poet and artist David Jones (1895-1974) to explore how modern British poetry has engaged with the early medieva...

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Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism. The Changing Management of UK Universities, Paperback - ***

412,99 RON

Major changes have taken place in the organization and management of professional academic work within British universities in recent years. The au...

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Where Sight Meets Sound. The Poetics of Late-Medieval Music Writing, Hardback - ***

362,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Emily (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley) ZazuliaNumber...

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Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, Paperback - Jennifer Burns

107,99 RON 115,99 RON

Reducere. Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powe...

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Japan and the Shackles of the Past, Hardcover - R. Taggart Murphy

167,99 RON 179,99 RON

Reducere. Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains on...

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The Best Beloved Thing is Justice. The Life of Dorothy Wright Nelson, Hardback - ***

239,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Lisa (Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Law Dean Emerita & Professor of Law, Provost ...

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Outsourcing Duty. The Moral Exploitation of the American Soldier, Hardback - ***

199,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Bradley (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Defense Analysis Department, Naval Post...

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All Is Well. Catastrophe and the Making of the Normal State, Hardback - ***

439,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Saptarishi (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) Ba...

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Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System, Paperback - Barry Eichengreen

96,99 RON 103,99 RON

Reducere. Recent events in the US--high unemployment, record federal deficits, and unprecedented financial distress--have raised serious doubts about the fut...

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The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville/The Marriage of Figaro/The Guilty Mother, Paperback - Pierre-Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais

60,99 RON

Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theater star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to combine with Don Quixote ...

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Journey Into the Land of the Zeks and Back: A Memoir of the Gulag, Hardcover - Julius Margolin

260,99 RON 279,99 RON

Reducere. Under the Soviet regime, millions of zeks (prisoners) were incarcerated in the forced labor camps, the Gulag. There many died of starvation, diseas...

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Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World, Hardcover - Duane W. Roller

189,99 RON 203,99 RON

Reducere. What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over two hundred years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the ear...

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Priests of the Law: Roman Law and the Making of the Common Law's First Professionals, Hardcover - Thomas J. McSweeney

778,99 RON 833,99 RON

Reducere. Priests of the Law tells the story of the first people in the history of the common law to think of themselves as legal professionals. In the middl...

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Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Making of Modern Britain 1951-2007 Revision Guide, Paperback - J. M. A. Hugh

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With step-by-step exam practice strategies and Examiner Tip features for all AQA question types, this revision guide offers the clear revision appr...

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Oxford Student's Dictionary. The complete intermediate- to advanced-level dictionary for learners of English, 4 Revised edition, Paperback - Leonie He

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Learn the most important words in English, including the words you need to study other subjects and prepare for international exams such as IELTS, ...

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The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe, Paperback - E. M. Rose

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In 1144, the mutilated body of William of Norwich, a young apprentice leatherworker, was found abandoned outside the city's walls. The boy bore dis...

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The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War, Paperback - Mark M. Smith

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Reducere. Historical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-sha...

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Vices of the Mind. From the Intellectual to the Political, Paperback - Quassim Cassam

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Quassim Cassam introduces the idea of epistemic vices, character traits that get in the way of knowledge, such as closed-mindedness, intellectual a...

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Brithop: The Politics of UK Rap in the New Century, Paperback - Justin A. Williams

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With ongoing debates on Scottish independence, immigration, Britain's place in the EU, multiculturalism, national identity and the specter of a pas...

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The Mind of the Artist. Personality and the Drive to Create, Hardback - ***

206,99 RON

This book takes a deep, multi-angled, psychological approach to understanding the personality-based roots of creativity and the creative process. I...

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Only the Dead. The Persistence of War in the Modern Age, Paperback - ***

152,99 RON

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Bear F. (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio ...

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Adler: Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication, Paperback - Ronald B. Adler

819,99 RON 877,99 RON

Reducere. With its unique blend of compelling topics and rich pedagogy, Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication, Fifteenth Edition, offers a pe...

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Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism, Paperback - John Calvert

139,99 RON 149,99 RON

Reducere. Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post col...

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The Fall of Robespierre. 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris, Hardback - ***

157,99 RON

The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maximilien Robe...

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The Battle of Midway, Hardcover - Craig L. Symonds

160,99 RON 172,99 RON

Reducere. There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn ...

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The Battle of Midway, Paperback - Craig L. Symonds

99,99 RON 106,99 RON

Reducere. There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn ...

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Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice, Paperback - Mark Singleton

98,99 RON 105,99 RON

Reducere. Yoga is so prevalent in the modern world--practiced by pop stars, taught in schools, and offered in yoga centers, health clubs, and even shopping m...

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Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood, Paperback - Nechama Tec

90,99 RON 97,99 RON

Reducere. This is the true story of Nechama Tec, whose family found refuge with Polish Christians during the Holocaust. Dry Tears is a dramatic tale of how a...

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Traces of Vermeer, Hardcover - Jane Jelley

157,99 RON

A fascinating exploration of how Johannes Vermeer achieved his extraordinary paintings, from the artist, Jane Jelley. Provides exciting new evidenc...

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On the Origin of Species, Paperback - Charles Darwin

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In The Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply-held beliefs of the Western world. Arguing for a material, not divine, or...

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The Illustrated Art of War, Hardcover - Sun Tzu

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Reducere. With well over a million copies sold, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is a true masterpiece, a series of brilliant aphorisms that illuminate the planning ...

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Child of the Jago, Paperback - Arthur Morrison

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The only critical edition of Morrison's searing tale of life in the slums of London's East End.

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Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, Paperback - Godfrey Hardy

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An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright is found on the reading list of virtually all elementary number theory cou...

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Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason, Hardcover - David Harvey

130,99 RON 140,99 RON

Reducere. Karl Marx's Capital is one of the most important texts written in the modern era. Since 1867, when the first of its three volumes was published, it...

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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: By Diogenes Laertius, Hardcover - Diogenes Laertius

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Contributor(s): Author: Diogenes LaertiusTranslator: Pamela MenschEditor: James MillerEveryone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own...

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